I generally wear dark trousers/skirts with plain jumpers. Sometimes i wear a shirt under the jumper. The main peice of advice I would say is to make sure you have comfortable shoes. I certainly couldn't walk in high heels all day, and it't important that youaren't limping all day!

Shoes is an area I wouldn't scrimp on! e.g. I buy one pair each season of expensive shoes (think £50-100) not tat from high street shops, but then my feet thank me for it!

There's a fab shoe shop, old fashioned, where I live, I go in there, sit down and they know that I'll be wanting another pair of teacher shoes as I'm an infrequent regular, so they rummage around out the back and bring me out things to try )

as I'm quite a "young" teacher, I try to wear stuff that is totally non sexy, but without dropping my personality- highwaisted skirts with shirts tucked in are my "uniform" and I wear nice accesories to make it my own.

As an ex topshop employee, and a self confessed shopaholic, I found it really hard to find the right balance- but now I feel really comfotable with what I wear...though I'm dreading summer when it gets warm, I think I'm going to die in our stuffy classrooms!!

Oh and flat shoes, though I still totier round in my stilletos because I'm hardcore!!

to be honest im dreading shopping for shoes. i can barely walk in heels, so i know whatever i go for will have to be pretty flat. but im a half size and have one foot noticably bigger than the other so as you can imagine shoe shopping is nothing short of arduous at best! still, any excuse for a trip to the factory shopping outlet!!!

how do you cope with the very cold/warm weather? are layers the way to go, so that you can add/remove (within reason - nothing worse than over excited hormonal y9 boys ) as necessary?

I make sure I wear a vest in the winter, easy way to keep a bit warmer without creating bulk! I'll soon be onto tops without vests if the weather improves! When it's really cold then it's scarf with everything. Having a plain black/grey cardi that will go wtih anything in your room is a great staple for when it's cold!

I'd agree with thinking about teaching when you buy it. I've been looking for some nice summery dresses this holiday but all have very indecent plunging necklines which are certainly not suitable for me to teach in!

I always ensure that I have an outer layer on my top that does not need to go over my head (hope that makes sense). So it's usually either a skirt or trousers which are dark with a coloured top, nice necklace and cardi or jacket.

I always wear black stockings with a suspender belt and red frilly knickers. Of course I have to wear them under trousers because, ooops, this is a question for the lasies sorry. Wrong thread, ro wrong site!!!!!

Miniem not eminem - ooohh, getting told off for not being an ethical shopper!

Sorry, on a teacher's salary, I should be buying good quality stuff from Jaeger and Jigsaw and making it last - even though marker pen stains on tops an occupational hazard when you are left-handed like me.